{"id":754,"date":"2005-02-16T20:20:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-17T03:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/juliashih.com\/blog\/?p=754"},"modified":"2005-02-16T20:20:00","modified_gmt":"2005-02-17T03:20:00","slug":"754","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juliashih.com\/?p=754","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I was sitting at home one day, thinking about how little I remember of junior high, which is probably one of the most traumatic rites of passages legally-enforced by American society. The suckitude of junior high in my mind kind of clumped together into one dark, murky disgusting blob with a smell and aftertaste best likened to Ass, when I remembered one thing that made me chuckle.<\/p>\n<p>I had some class with this guy named Nate and we were always in a group together with another girl (Cara?). And Nate would always wear this t-shirt that said:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/img\/97\/1101\/640\/3088267_F_tn.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/img\/97\/1101\/320\/3088267_F_tn.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hello.com\/\" target=\"ext\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px\" alt=\"Posted by Hello\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/pbh.gif\" align=\"absMiddle\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And it would always crack me up and brighten up my day because&#8230;well&#8230;sneezing and farting at the same time&#8211;it&#8217;s just ANOTHER potential source of embarrassment that could ruin the life of a 12 year-old.<\/p>\n<p>To this day, whenever I hear someone let out one of those whopping throat-tearing sneezes where it sounds like a lung was just shot through a nostril, I always think about this shirt. And then I laugh at the fact that I always automatically think about how hard that person&#8217;s buttcheeks must be clenched. I mean, everyone else thinks the same thing too when they hear someone sneeze, right?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, I got back in touch with Nate a few weeks ago through the wonder that is Friendster. He sent me this picture today, and it made me chuckle, just as it did so many years back. And considering I was having a shitty morning, it couldn&#8217;t have come at a better time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I was sitting at home one day, thinking about how little I remember of junior high, which is probably one of the most traumatic rites of passages legally-enforced by American society. 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